Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration

Edited by Philippe De Lombaerde, Director, United Nations University (UNU-CRIS), Belgium; and Associate Professor of International Economics, Neoma BS, France

Contents:

Introduction to the Handbook of Regional Cooperation and Integration: why,
where, and so what? 1
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PART I REGIONAL COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION BY
POLICY AREAS: WHY?, WHERE?, SO WHAT?
1 Regional migration governance 22
Ine Lietaert and Antoine Pécoud
2 Regional trade liberalisation 38
Justine Miller, Glenn Rayp, and Samuel Standaert
3 Common markets 63
Jacques Pelkmans
4 Regional digital governance 108
Jamal Shahin, Sophie Hoogenboom, Carlota Morais, and Mauro Santaniello
5 Regional financial cooperation and regional financial arrangements 123
Yaechan Lee and William N. Kring
6 Regional monetary integration: multilateral currency unions in operation 143
Ad van Riet
7 Regional security cooperation 164
Amandine Gnanguênon and Stephanie C. Hofmann
8 Regional democracy protection 182
Stefano Palestini
9 Regional protection of human rights and the environment 197
Liliana Lizarazo Rodríguez and Deborah Casalin
10 Regional tax governance 223
Dries Lesage, Wouter Lips, Eli James Moskowitz, and Attiya Waris
11 Regional social policies: aspirations, vernacularisation, or new forms of
solidarity? 243
Alexandra Kaasch, Amanda Shriwise, Tuba Agartan, Sarah Cook, Jeremy
Seekings, and Rangsan Sukhampha
12 Regional cooperation in higher education 266
Meng-Hsuan Chou, Jeroen Huisman, and Maria Pilar Lorenzo
13 Regional cultural cooperation 289
Domenico Valenza and Nahuel Oddone
14 Regional cooperation for health 311
Obijiofor Aginam
15 Regional science and innovation policies 326
Susan Schneegans and Luc Soete
16 Regional management of stranded hydro-carbon assets and the energy
transition 351
Fatima Denton
17 Cross-border water management 372
Martha Cassidy-Neumiller, Nidhi Nagabhatla, M. Rafiqul Islam, and Alix Debray

PART II CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS
18 Regionalism as policy autonomy in post-colonial contexts: insights from Africa 398
Tim Shaw, Janet M. Kiguru, and Elijah Nyaga Munyi
19 Multi-level governance 417
Diana Panke and Sören Stapel
20 Regional organisations and their resources 431
Frank Mattheis
21 Regional organisations: a multidimensional approach to policy scope 442
Anja Jetschke and Sören Münch
22 Build your own regional integration indicator system 460
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